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What is celebrated on January 12?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to January 12. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2016

First observance

National Hot Tea Day

The 2016 creator release explicitly calls January 12, 2016 the first-ever National Hot Tea Day.

2009

First observance

Kiss a Ginger Day

The tenth-anniversary report on 12 January 2019 identifies the first event in 2009, and later reporting says the day has been marked every January 12 since 2009.

1985

First observance

National Youth Day

Government of India material states that January 12 has been observed every year since 1985.

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5 observances

Each observance is shown once in this view, with its own source and scope details available on the guide page.

0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

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3 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

5 have in-depth guides

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Other in-depth guides on January 12

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi)

Second Monday in January; 12 January 2026 · Japanese national holiday

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Kiss a Ginger Day

12 January · International informal red-hair appreciation and anti-bullying observance created in 2009

Major-media reporting identifies Canadian Derek Forgie as founder, documents the first Kiss a Ginger Day in 2009 and confirms January 12 annual recurrence. The day originated as a positive…

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

National Clean Your Desk Day

Second Monday in January · United States / informal workspace-organization observance

A January 1992 Washington Post report identifies Anne Moeller as the person who got National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day entered in Chase’s Annual Events roughly a decade earlier, while current…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Hot Tea Day

12 January · United States / Tea Council of the USA-created observance

The Tea Council of the USA announced the first National Hot Tea Day for January 12, 2016 and continued using January 12 in later annual campaigns.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Youth Day

12 January annually · India / Government of India National Youth Day commemorating Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary

Government of India sources state that January 12, Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, has been observed as National Youth Day every year since 1985; the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sp…

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5 observances

All observances on this date

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi)

Second Monday in January; 12 January 2026 · Japanese national holiday

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Kiss a Ginger Day

12 January · International informal red-hair appreciation and anti-bullying observance created in 2009

Major-media reporting identifies Canadian Derek Forgie as founder, documents the first Kiss a Ginger Day in 2009 and confirms January 12 annual recurrence. The day originated as a positive…

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

National Clean Your Desk Day

Second Monday in January · United States / informal workspace-organization observance

A January 1992 Washington Post report identifies Anne Moeller as the person who got National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day entered in Chase’s Annual Events roughly a decade earlier, while current…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Hot Tea Day

12 January · United States / Tea Council of the USA-created observance

The Tea Council of the USA announced the first National Hot Tea Day for January 12, 2016 and continued using January 12 in later annual campaigns.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Youth Day

12 January annually · India / Government of India National Youth Day commemorating Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary

Government of India sources state that January 12, Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, has been observed as National Youth Day every year since 1985; the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sp…

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